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Recent Results CI Outcomes Research Early implantation (<2 years) and early exposure to spoken language –Enhance spoken word recognition –Minimize language delays For children with some residual hearing in the non-implanted ear, the combined use of a CI and a hearing aid on opposite ears yields better SWR than either sensory aid alone, especially in noise Pediatric CI users with mild cognitive delays demonstrate similar speech perception skills, but delayed language skills, when compared to their typically developing deaf peers with CIs Studies of Spoken Word Recognition Despite receiving a degraded auditory signal, children with CIs –Organize and access words from lexical memory in a manner similar to listeners with normal hearing –Are sensitive to talker characteristics in the speech signal